Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ljudevit Gaj was a Croatian linguist, politician, journalist and writer. He was one of the central figures of the pan-Slavist Illyrian movement.

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Navje is a memorial park in Ljubljana, which according to plans by Jože Plečnik from 1929 in 1937 and 1938 designed by architects Jože Plečnik and Ivo Spinčič on the far eastern edge of the former cemetery of St. Plečnik. Christopher, which stretched west all the way to Dunajska cesta. St. Peter's Cemetery Christopher was opened on 3 May 1779 with the first funeral and blessing of Bishop Karl Herberstein in Ljubljana. This new cemetery was arranged outside the then city center, as Emperor Joseph II forbade burying around churches in towns, as was customary until then. Interestingly, in the same place, but on both sides of the northern invasion road Emona was buried by the ancient Romans, as evidenced by archaeological remains. Today's Vienna Road in this place follows the same route that the Amber Road already went in ancient times.

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The Slovenian Youth Theatre or Mladinsko Theatre was founded in Ljubljana in 1955 as the first professional theater for children and youth in Slovenia. It is situated in the Baraga Seminary, which was built by architect Jože Plečnik in the center of Ljubljana. In the 1980s, it became a center of theatrical research and politically-engaged theater. It is known for a wide range of innovative poetics of different directors and an ensemble energy, a Peter Brook-like approach to acting with a laboratory for theatre research for actors, directors, choreographers and musicians to research, develop, and create.

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The Slovenian Railway Museum, or Railway Museum of Slovenian railways, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, located on Parmova ulica 35, is the national museum for Slovenia's railway history.

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The Islamic Religio-Cultural Center, colloquially known as the Ljubljana mosque is an Islamic mosque and cultural-center complex in the Bežigrad district of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is the culmination of a decades-long effort by the Islamic Community of Slovenia. A library, a classroom, an ablution fountain and the Imam's offices and quarters are included in the complex.

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Hotel Bellevue is a non-functioning hotel above Celovška cesta on the slopes of Šišenski hrib, in the immediate vicinity of Tivoli Hall.

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St. Bartholomew's Church — referred to by locals as the Old Church — is a Catholic filial church and one of the oldest church buildings in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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The Galetovo ski jump is a former ski jump in Šiška in Ljubljana along Vodnikova cesta. Its size was 70 meters, and it was built in 1954 according to the plans of engineer Stanko Bloudko. The landing place was on Galet's meadow. It was managed by the ski club Unity. After years of solescence, it was removed in 1966.

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A schanze is, according to the specialist terminology of German fortification construction, an independent fieldwork, that is frequently used in the construction of temporary field fortifications. The word is German and has no direct English equivalent, although the word sconce is derived from Dutch schans, which is cognate to the German word.

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The International Centre of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana was established in 1986 to give the international Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts - which itself has a longer, uninterrupted tradition from 1955 - its own place. Most of its history the director was Zoran Kržišnik.

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Tivoli Castle, originally called Podturn Manor, is a mansion in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

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Visitation of Mary Church is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana, located on Rožnik Hill in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Rožnik is a hill in the Rožnik District and Šiška District northwest of the Ljubljana city center. Together with Tivoli City Park, it forms Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park. Extending from Tivoli Park, it is a popular hiking, running, and excursion destination for residents of Ljubljana.

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